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Features

The Independent Magazine’s Editorial Board Recommended Films

By Natia Kirvalidze

With the release of countless independent films, finding something to watch can often become overwhelming. What films are worth your…

News

By john_rodzvilla

Roger Corman, the prolific filmmaker known as the “Pope of Pop Cinema” and and “The King of Cult” passed away…

By Kurt Brokaw

As the Lincoln Center poster on Broadway says, “36 new filmmakers define the future of cinema.” 25 features. 10 shorts. Representing…

By Kurt Brokaw

Four actresses stand out in a darkly sophisticated festival filled with unexpected (yipes!) varieties of French realism Anytime a world-class…

By Kurt Brokaw

The Jew in Ecstasy and Agony: Lessons From the 33rd NYJFF There are three critic’s choices, all features, in this 33rd…

By Kurt Brokaw

Anselm Kiefer, Liv Ullmann, Little Richard, Jack and Sam Top DOC NYC How does one approach a film festival too…

By Kurt Brokaw

Film at Lincoln Center knows its audiences. Christian Petzold’s Afire (2023), a German drama of wildfires setting an entire forest…

Film Festival

By Kurt Brokaw

The surest sign that big screen movies are alive and well in New York City came from festival co-founders Jane…

Interviews

By Jennifer Novo

When filmmaker A.V. Rockwell debuted her feature, “A Thousand and One,” at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, she ended up…